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  • Full body 30 minute HIIT workout routine for developing fitness and strength quickly

    Full body 30 minute HIIT workout routine for developing fitness and strength quickly

    May 6, 2012 / Fitness, Hard

    Complete HIIT workout from FitnessBlender. A skipping rope and light dumbbells are optional for this routine, but recommended if you already have an advanced cardiovascular fitness level. High Intensity Interval Training produces results, but like all training, you have to make it a regular part of your fitness regimen to see and feel those results. HIIT routines are gaining in popularity due to the lack of equipment needed for a full body workout and the short time scales involved.

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  • Equipment free outdoor workout routine using a park table

    Equipment free outdoor workout routine using a park table

    April 27, 2012 / Fitness, Hard

    Cassey of BlogilatesTV recommends performing this routine four times for a complete workout. This is an HIIT training session, which means you should be aiming to complete it, as quickly as possible, without losing any form during the exercises. Now that summer is finally arriving, its time to start your outdoor workouts. This routine is perfect for your lunch break as its quick, equipment free and functional. Metabolic conditioning produces results!

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  • Challenging 15 minute strength and fitness workout

    Challenging 15 minute strength and fitness workout

    April 9, 2012 / Fitness, Hard, Sports Specific

    Easy to learn but hard to complete MMA training video by MMAFitnessTraining. You will need a set of dumbbells, jump rope and medicine ball. There are only three exercises that you repeat for 15 minutes. Wall ball and double-unders are oldies but goodies, the manmaker is something new on us, but a great crossfit exercise.

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  • One minute sandbag routine for strength and fat burning

    One minute sandbag routine for strength and fat burning

    March 30, 2012 / Fitness, Hard, Strength

    Sandbag training follows the HIIT philosophy of less is more. They are great for strength, power, stability, and if you workout at a high enough intensity – fat burning as well. This one minute routine of three, 20 seconds exercises from the IroncompanyDotCom demonstrates how effective a cheap, simple piece of fitness equipment can be in producing results. Repeat the routine as many times as you can – and then do one more! We made our own sandbags using a [...]

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  • Equipment free 9 minute tabata workout: Great music and on-screen timer

    Equipment free 9 minute tabata workout: Great music and on-screen timer

    March 25, 2012 / Fitness, Hard

    We like Karen Yong’s workouts. Short, intense, and well structured. With great music and an online timer they are simple to follow. This 9 minute tabata workout requires absolutely no equipment making it perfect for home use or the park.

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  • Full routine equipment free circuit for metabolic conditioning.

    Full routine equipment free circuit for metabolic conditioning.

    March 25, 2012 / Fitness, Hard

    Nice 12 minute equipment free circuit routine from Blair Williamson in New Zealand. This is a good workout to tag onto another of your sessions or as an independent routine.

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  • Ten Minute Cardio Workout Video: Boxercise

    Ten Minute Cardio Workout Video: Boxercise

    February 26, 2012 / Fitness, Hard

    By TiffanyRotheWorkouts. To get any real benefit from a cardio session you have to do a lot more than ten minutes. Combine this video with another cardio session or use it as a warm up. Of course you could repeat it and repeat it ..

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  • Total Body Toning Workout Using Light Dumbbells and Body Weight Exercises

    Total Body Toning Workout Using Light Dumbbells and Body Weight Exercises

    February 18, 2012 / Fitness, Hard

    Cassy is well-known for her Pilates videos, so its good to see her mixing up the routines with a full body sculpting session. Filmed outdoors this workout video from BlogilatesTV is a good cardio and strength mash-up. In terms of fitness equipment you will need two sets of dumbbells, light and heavy (depending on your strength). Ditch the gym and head outdoors.

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  • Foundation jump rope routine with body weight exercises.

    Foundation jump rope routine with body weight exercises.

    February 17, 2012 / Fitness, Hard

    Still one of the best workouts available is the jump rope routine. There is a reason it is has been used by boxers for decades, and it’s not because it’s a cheap piece of gym equipment. Intense jump rope routines burn body fat, increase cardiovascular fitness and help to improve balance and agility. This featured clip from FitnessBlender is a good example of a cross over routine incorporating additional body weight exercises. The actual jump rope exercises are too slow [...]

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